Let’s Get It Clear: Measurements in seating – Absolute angles in body measures
Figure 2. The Right Hand rule for indicating the direction of positive or negative rotation around an axis (Fig in the CAG, 2) In the…
Let’s Get It Clear: Measurements in seating – relative angles of the body
In this article we look at what we need to do to measure the angles between different parts of the body with respect to the…
EXCLUSIVE: A day in the life of a product manager at an established TEC specialist
Nikki Williams, Product Manager at Tunstall Healthcare, discusses what a typical day in her life looks like, including the importance of working with health, social…
Let’s Get It Clear: Travelling by air with a wheelchair part II – Air Travel Configuration Card
Figure 1. American National Standard for Assistive Technology for Air Travel In last month’s Let’s Get It Clear article we reviewed the experience that wheelchair…
Let’s Get It Clear: Travelling by air with a wheelchair around the airport and the plane
Figure 1. The minimum width requirement for a body scanner is 90cm in Japan. Air travel and airports are not readily designed for ease of…
EXCLUSIVE: A day in the life of a specialist housing OT
Jacquel Runnalls has worked for many years as a specialist housing OT and inclusive environments specialist. She is a member of the Access Association, British…
Let’s Get It Clear: Alternative controls to a standard joystick
Figure 1. A centrally mounted chin-operated joystick The convention for driving a powered wheelchair is to have a joystick positioned at the end of an…
EXCLUSIVE: A day in the life of a senior NHS moving and handling practitioner
James Smith, Senior Moving & Handling Practitioner at Medway NHS Foundation Trust, discusses what a typical day in his role looks like, some of the…
Physiotherapists in England and Wales overwhelmingly vote in favour of strike action
NHS physiotherapy staff in England and Wales have voted to take strike action in their first ever ballot on pay and retention issues. NHS-employed members…
EXCLUSIVE: A day in the life of a technology-enabled living innovations lead
Holly Gittings, Technology Enabled Living Innovations Lead for Herefordshire Council, discusses her assistive technology role within the council, how the local authority is managing the…